Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Michigan State Trunkline Highway System

Michigan State Trunkline Highway System
This nomination predates the introduction in April 2014 of article-specific subpages for nominations and has been created from the edit history of Today's featured article/requests.


 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/May 13, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 11:18, 10 May 2013‎ (UTC)



The State Trunkline Highway System consists of all the state highways in Michigan, including those designated as Interstate, United States, or State Trunkline highways. Maintained by the Michigan Department of Transportation, the system comprises 9716 mi of trunklines in all 83 counties of the state. Its components range in scale from 10-lane urban freeways to two-lane rural undivided highways to a non-motorized highway on Mackinac Island, where cars are forbidden. The longest highway is nearly 400 mi long, while the shortest is about three-quarters of a mile (about 1.2 km). On May 13, 1913, the State Reward Trunk Line Highways Act was passed, creating the system. Highway numbers were first posted on signs in 1919, making Michigan the second state to do so. Michigan's first freeways were built during the 1940s. Construction on Michigan's Interstates started in the late 1950s and continued until 1992. Few additional freeways have been built since 1992, and in the early years of the 21st century, projects are underway to bypass cities with new highways.

May 13, 2013, will mark the centennial of the creation of the system (6 points) and the last highway article appeared on February 11 (1) for 7 points. This article was just promoted minutes ago, and it's been a labor of love of sorts. It's drawn on the research I've put in for over 200 specific highway articles on the various roads that make up Michigan's highway system. NB: the blurb is slightly long at the moment, and I'm open to suggestions on how to trim it down to meet specifications.  Imzadi 1979  →   18:20, 1 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Support important topic and important date. --Rschen7754 18:31, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Support - Important centennial of highway system.  Dough 48  72  19:20, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Support, nice subject and relevant time chronological selection quantification period. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:27, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Support - This is an important date for the system and a great article overall. Perfect choice of TFA on this day. T  C  N7 JM  21:19, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Support, an article on an entire road network is a switch from one about a road or segment thereof. Daniel Case (talk) 03:24, 7 May 2013 (UTC)